"We should split up to search this place for the civilians"
"No, something's off about this place, I'd rather we stuck together"
"Alright, where should we search first?"
"Let me check" Chase used his aura sense to try and find any part of dust but below them but couldn't sense anything past the immense aura emanating from below.
"No idea, there's something coming from below and I can't see past it"
"Then we better work fast"
"They probably kept them lower down, that's what I did to find you guys"
THey exited the room they fought in and headed further down into the labyrinth, as they were approaching the door Ruby, Pyrrha and Jaune stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"It's kinda hard to explain but…."
"Yeah I feel it to"
"Fine, I'll get the civilians and you get a way out of here"
They nodded and headed back up the stairs, Chase moved onwards through the increasingly dark and small rooms, most of the cells were either empty or had grimm, silently sobbing to themselves. -Is this how I would've turned out?- If you ever run out of aura this is what you will become -Will I know?- I don't know
"Hey is someone there?" Chase heard from the other side of the cell block
He ran towards the source of the sound, ignoring the cells beside him, when he got there he saw a group of civilians in a cell.
"Are you alright?"
"We're fine, I thought you promised everything would be alright. We can hear screaming from further down."
Chase focused on freezing the lock of the door and then used the energy dust from Pyrrha to bust it open causing the door to swing open.
"Run that way" he said pointing towards where he came "Ignore the things in the cell, the others should be there somewhere"
He found another couple of cells, only the people inside them had been infused with dust. As they had no aura he was able to remove it easily, some were tired after being drained of the dust and others fainted. He directed all of them to find Ruby and the others. As he got to the end he found a room with a metallic door blocking it, when he pushed it it opened freely. He found the last of the civilians. -They've just been experimented on, if I do it now it could scar them- But if we wait you don't know what could happen -Ugh, fine- He crouched down and faced them, as he got close they backed away
"It's okay I'm here to help" No response, they were looking at him terrified
"I can undo what they did to you, we also have a way out of here"
Reluctantly they moved towards him as he placed his hand on their head, when he sensed the dust inside him he recognised it as the gravity dust he used back in Vale. -They've started trying new things, greaaaaat- We can't let them continue, dust like this could kill someone if infused, it puts such a strain on the body -What about me, could I take it- Maybe, but you shouldn't use it
Chase took the dust out of him and went on to the others, they had weird dust types like light, lava and metal.
He brought them out with him and went up the stairs to see that everyone else had found a hanger and had prepared a ship for leaving. He led the people with him to the chairs at the side of the dropship and walked towards the front to find Ruby and Pyrrha working out the controls.
"How long will it take you guys to get this up and running?"
"At least another twenty minutes"
"I'll keep an eye to make sure no one tries to stop us"
"Alright, just be on the ship when we are leaving"
"I'll keep an illusion on the ship just in case"
He walked out of the ship and felt an overwhelming feeling of dread, when he activated his aura sense he found the source of the powerful aura was heading towards the hanger, he would get here before they could leave -Think I could take him?- Definitely not, I would advise running -You know I can't, even if for a while I have to delay him- Fine, but you have to be careful, he could take on everyone here if they were all trained hunters and huntresses
He walked back to the arena and waited for the source to get there, after a couple of minutes the door opened and a man with long, brown hair walked through. He was wearing a black set of plated armour, light enough to let him maneuver freely. He looked at Chase and gave a dismissing grunt.
"Am I not good enough for you?"
"Not even close, but I'll toy with you for a while"
He stood staring at Chase, waiting for him to make the first move, Chase reacted by running towards him, Chase punched him but the guy dodged him with ease, he then unleashed his tail to stab where he dodged to but missed that as well. Chase kept attacking him but he dodged with ease.
"How are you doing this?"
"I am what you humans would call God, you're attacks will not reach me"
"I call bullshit on the whole God thing, but I will admit you are pretty good"
Chase used the ice dust in him and created a flurry of spikes and aimed them at 'God' he was able to avoid them effortlessly. -What the hell is this guy- Exactly what he claims to be -What, even you?- Well, even if he's not he has the power of one.
Chase used some of the gravity dust in him to increase the amount of gravitational pull on 'God' after which he created a pool of lava beneath him, the lava went out as soon as it was made but he seemed to still be getting pulled down. He ran up and gave him a right hook, 'God' grabbed his hand and began crushing it.
"FUCK!" he panicked and tried to think of a way to free his hand, he created an ice spike from the ground to impale his arm but he moved it, throwing Chase to the other side of the room. Chase looked up at 'God' who slipped his weapon out of his sleeve, it was a dark red shortsword with a dust chamber at the hilt. Chase tried to get up but the impact of being thrown against the wall caused pain to pulse through him with every movement. 'God' crouched down in front of him and stabbed Chase through the chest.
"Chase we have to go now, the ship's ready"
'God' pulled his sword out of Chase and walked towards the exit towards the hanger. Chase focused on some of the fire dust inside him to create a pillar in front of the door. As he struggled to stand he noticed that a weird aura was infecting his right arm, where the punch had been blocked, it had spread up to his shoulder.
"So you'll die in here for them to escape, how noble of you. Noble and stupid just like Summer Rose"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Did you really think the legendary Summer Rose would die to mere grimm, I was there that night" He said crouching down in front of Chase
"She fought bravely like you, but the story ends the same no matter who"
"Bastard"
'God' drove his sword through Chase's right arm causing another wave of pain to pulse through him.-This is it, where I die, I wish I could've done more-
*"Don't just throw in front of death for me, I've already lost one person important to me"*
Chase focused some energy dust to force 'God' back a bit, just enough room so that he couldn't stop him.
"So at least I know you've been planning this for a while but why me?"
"Because you were the only one in that village who wasn't scared of the grimm"
"I'll talk to you more next time, but right now I got people that want to see me alive"
He swapped placed with the illusion he had placed on the dropship, people around him looked at him shocked. He knew that he had been stabbed twice but they looked at him as if there was something more, when he went to push through them to get to the pilot's cabin he realised what, his right arm was gone. He knocked on the door with his left before passing out.